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Astrionella Formosa

group	bacillariophycae
cell shape	more or less cylindrical
structural features	star-shaped colonies
particle size	determined with a microscope: reff=4.23 μm, veff=0.010
refractive index	1.03 + i0.003 (calculated following the method of Morel & Bricaud 1986)
scattering matrix	632.8 nm
article	Volten H, de Haan JF, Hovenier JW, Schreurs R, Vassen W, Dekker AG, Hoogenboom HJ, Charlton F, Wouts R. Laboratory measurements of angular distributions of light scattered by phytoplankton and silt. Limnology and Oceonography, vol. 43, pp. 1180-1197, 1998